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Part 2

Those who are subject to frequent dislocations at the shoulder-joint,
are for the most part competent to effect the reduction themselves;
for, having introduced the knuckles of the other hand into the armpit,
they force the joint upward, and bring the elbow toward the breast.
The physician might reduce it in the same manner, if having introduced
his fingers into the armpit on the inside of the dislocated joint,
he would force it from the ribs, pushing his own head against the
acromion, in order to make counter-pressure, and with his knees applied
to the patient's elbow pushing the arm to the sides. It will be of
advantage if the operator has strong hands, or the physician may do
as directed with his head and hands, while another person brings the
elbow toward the breast. Reduction of the shoulder may also be effected
by carrying the fore-arm backward to the spine, and then with the
one hand grasping it at the elbow, to bend the arm upward, and with
the other to support it behind at the articulation. This mode of reduction,
and the one formerly described, are not natural, and yet by rotating
the bone of the joint, they force it to return.

The Genuine Works of Hippocrates. Hippocrates. Charles Darwin Adams. New York. Dover. 1868.

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